Pope Benedict: Catholic Germans React To Death Of Former Pontiff

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Members of the public in Munich, Germany had mixed views on Former Pope Benedict after his death was announced just shortly before.

Former Pope Benedict, a Bavarian native, was appointed Archbishop of Munich and Freising in 1977.

Another visitor of the Frauenkirche had hoped the Pope to end an age-old tradition.

Former Pope Benedict was the first pontiff in 600 years to resign, leaving behind a Catholic Church battered by sexual abuse scandals, mired in mismanagement and polarized between conservatives and progressives.